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DOI 10.1038/nature20152
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Titel (primär) Thermophilic archaea activate butane via alkyl-coenzyme M formation
Autor Laso-Pérez, R.; Wegener, G.; Knittel, K.; Widdel, F.; Harding, K.J.; Krukenberg, V.; Meier, D.V.; Richter, M.; Tegetmeyer, H.E.; Riedel, D.; Richnow, H.-H.; Adrian, L.; Reemtsma, T.; Lechtenfeld, O.J. ORCID logo ; Musat, F.
Quelle Nature
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
Department ISOBIO; ANA
Band/Volume 539
Heft 7629
Seite von 396
Seite bis 401
Sprache englisch
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Abstract The anaerobic formation and oxidation of methane involve unique enzymatic mechanisms and cofactors, all of which are believed to be specific for C1-compounds. Here we show that an anaerobic thermophilic enrichment culture composed of dense consortia of archaea and bacteria apparently uses partly similar pathways to oxidize the C4 hydrocarbon butane. The archaea, proposed genus ‘Candidatus Syntrophoarchaeum’, show the characteristic autofluorescence of methanogens, and contain highly expressed genes encoding enzymes similar to methyl-coenzyme M reductase. We detect butyl-coenzyme M, indicating archaeal butane activation analogous to the first step in anaerobic methane oxidation. In addition, Ca. Syntrophoarchaeum expresses the genes encoding β-oxidation enzymes, carbon monoxide dehydrogenase and reversible C1 methanogenesis enzymes. This allows for the complete oxidation of butane. Reducing equivalents are seemingly channelled to HotSeep-1, a thermophilic sulfate-reducing partner bacterium known from the anaerobic oxidation of methane. Genes encoding 16S rRNA and methyl-coenzyme M reductase similar to those identifying Ca. Syntrophoarchaeum were repeatedly retrieved from marine subsurface sediments, suggesting that the presented activation mechanism is naturally widespread in the anaerobic oxidation of short-chain hydrocarbons.
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Laso-Pérez, R., Wegener, G., Knittel, K., Widdel, F., Harding, K.J., Krukenberg, V., Meier, D.V., Richter, M., Tegetmeyer, H.E., Riedel, D., Richnow, H.-H., Adrian, L., Reemtsma, T., Lechtenfeld, O.J., Musat, F. (2016):
Thermophilic archaea activate butane via alkyl-coenzyme M formation
Nature 539 (7629), 396 - 401 10.1038/nature20152